The report showed 60 percent of all schools graded over the past six years received A's or B's, more than twice as many as those receiving D's or F's (28 percent). And the report card showed 11 of 32 schools received A's this year, while five received F's.
Of the 32 coaches who took over in the FBS or Football Championship Subdivision this season, five were coaches of color.
Dr. Richard Lapchick, director of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, called for a "civil rights movement" in college sports.
Lapchick contends that minority coaches lost ground because three Black coaches at BCS schools Kansas State's Ron Prince, Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom and Washington's Tyrone Willingham were not retained. And the four hires in the Bowl Subdivision did not result in Black coaches in prominent enough positions.
"What is lost in the improvement in numbers is that three jobs were lost in the Pac-10, Big 12 and SEC," Lapchick wrote. "Adding positions at Miami University (Ohio), New Mexico, New Mexico State and Eastern Michigan was important but these schools will likely never get a shot at a BCS championship."
The study also found that the percentage of minorities on search committees at FBS schools declined from 30 percent in the 2008 report to 27 percent this year.
Miami (Ohio) and New Mexico State were the only schools to receive straight A's. Five schools received F's, though Oregon was the only one to receive all F's.
The report also proposes creating a Diversity Progress Rate, something akin to the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate.
